China as a major world economic player is uncharted waters, a major Chinese recession or heaven forbid, a Chinese Depression would make the collapse of Bear Sterns look like closing the Tasty Freeze. Iran's second largest trading partner is India, so in one fell swoop the US would cause oil disruptions in two of the world's fastest growing economies. Year's back, when I lived in Atlanta there was an expression, "If you think the Braves are bad now, imagine how bad the Braves would be without Dale Murphy!" If you think the world economy is bad now, imagine how bad the world economy would be without China or after an attack on Iran.
The arguments against are multiple and never ending, when the smoke cleared from WW-I the map of Europe was made over but not for the better. For the US to strike at yet another sovereign nation is the height of insanity but to attack the nation of Iran is beyond insane. Only warlord's hell bent and obsessed with a blood lust for money and power in their hearts would risk an enterprise which could have such a serious negative impact the lives of most every man, women and child in the industrialized world and here is the ten dollar question, for what?
For what would they risk all, democracy or nuclear integrity, don't make me laugh. This is about raw power; the nail that sticks up must be hammered down. The US has created a bulwark in an attempt to wall off the Persian Gulf as an American sphere of influence. Only, there is one nation which stands in the way of that insane Neocon dream of American oil hegemony. It is an all or nothing bet and they are quite literally betting the house hoping to win an economic advantage, which might be only fleeting.
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